DHAKA, Feb 24, 2022 (BSS) - The Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) will
observe the Martyrs' Day tomorrow with due solemnity, commemorating the
people killed in the Pilkhana BDR carnage on February 25-26 in 2009.

  Marking the day, the BGB and army will arrange various programmes. The BGB
will arrange Quran Khwani, doa and milad mahfil at all regions, sectors,
institutions, units, BOPs and BGB mosques, including the Pilkhana
headquarters.

  Under the management of army, the representatives of the President and
Prime Minister, the home minister, chiefs of three armed forces, senior
secretary of the home ministry's public security division and BGB director
general will place wreaths at the Banani military graveyard around 9 am
tomorrow.

  All BGB members will wear black-badge and BGB flag will be hoisted half-
mast at the places where BGB regimental flag is hoisted.

  On Friday (February 25), a special prayer and milad mahfil will be held at
Pilkhana central mosque, Dhaka sector masjid and Border Guard Hospital's
mosque after Jummah prayers seeking salvation of the departed souls of the
Pilkhana tragedy martyrs.

  Director General of BGB Major General Md Shafeenul Islam, invited guests of
the Ministry of Home Affairs, close relatives of the martyrs and all officers
of the BGB headquarters will participate in the doa and milad-mahfil abiding by
the rules of hygiene and maintaining social distancing amid
the Covid-19 pandemic.

  On February 25-26, 2009, a group of relegated members of the then
Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) killed 74 people, including 57 army officers at the
Pilkhana headquarters of the paramilitary force. After the carnage, the
Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) subsequently was renamed as BGB.